Crime & Safety
Teacher Charged With Sex Offenses Against Student: Police
A Huntersville woman who teaches at a Charlotte high school has been charged with three counts of sexual abuse involving a student.
HUNTERSVILLE, NC — A Huntersville resident who teaches at a Charlotte high school has been charged with three crimes related to the sexual abuse of a student, authorities said. Emma Ogle, 63, was charged by Huntersville Police with a crime against nature, indecent liberties with a student and engaging in a sex act with a student.
Ogle, who teaches at Garinger High School in Charlotte, was arrested on Thursday. According to the school website, Ogle is a teacher CTE health occupations teacher.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials suspended Ogle with pay pending the outcome of an investigation, WSOC TV reports. A 17-year-old student reported to a school staff member Thursday that Ogle began a relationship with the teen in the spring that later became sexual.
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Police arrested Ogle hours after the student's report, the TV station said. Ogle has since been released on bond.
Garinger High School is located at 1100 Eastway Drive in Charlotte.
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